Breeding Cotton in the SJV for

Resistance to Fov4
by Nicholas Clark, Agronomy and Nutrient Management Farm
Adviser, UCCE, Kings, Tulare, and Fresno Counties
for Piner High STEM Caf, 4/14/16

CA is a Diverse Landscape

(A Short List of) What Crops CA Produces

Alfalfa
Almond
Apple
Apricot
Artichoke
Asparagus
Avocado
Barley
Beans
Bermudagrass Seed
Production
Blackberry
Blueberry
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Caneberries
Carrot
Cauliflower
Celery
Cherry
Citrus
Cole Crops
Corn
Cotton
Cucumber
Cucurbits
Dry Beans
Eggplant
Fig
Floriculture
Garlic
Grape
Grapefruit

Kiwifruit
Lemon
Lettuce
Melon
Nectarine
Oats
Olive
Onion
Orange
Ornamental Nurseries
Peach
Pear
Pecan
Peppermint
Peppers
Pistachio
Plum
Pomegranate
Potato
Prune
Pumpkin
Raspberries
Rice
Rye
Small Grains
Spinach
Squash
Strawberry
Sugarbeet
Tomato
Turfgrass, Commercial
Walnut
Wheat

2013 Tri-County Market Share of CA

Crop
Corn Silage
Corn Grain
Alfalfa
Dry Beans
Oil Crop
Milk1
Cattle and
Calves2
Cotton3
1

Acreage or Count (X1000) Harvested

TriFresno Kings Tulare County
CA
29
55
166
250
415
1
3
9
14
180
54
46
82
182
1440
9
1
8
18
50
n.d.
n.d.
n.d
n.d.
105
27261

Proportion of State
Production
60%
8%
13%
37%
n.d.

42261 112932 182454 412560

44%

521

345

637

1503

4445

34%

62

103

17

182

278

66%

Cwt of market milk

2 # of head, dairy and slaughter, estimated from 2013 price per head
3 Includes Pima and Upland varieties

The Rise and (Mostly) Fall of CA Cotton

1800

Acreage (X 1,000)

1600
1400

PRICE HIKE

1200
1000
Upland

800

Pima

600

Total

400

200
0

Year

PRICE HIKE

~ $443 MIL in 2014

13,400 Acres

CA Pests in 2015
Army worm year
Total stand loss in some fields

Heavy lygus pressure

Alfalfa summer fallow
Late Spring showers

WF and aphid
Waiting for top crop

Fusarium Wilt of Cotton in CA

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum Race 4
2003 in CA
Losses w/out RKN

Stand Loss

Stand Loss and Susceptibility

Susceptible

Resistant

Stunting and Susceptibility

Phy 725 Upland

DP 340 Pima

Breeding Support and Collaboration

Acknowledging

Bob Hutmacher (UC Davis Specialist, Co. Principal

Investigator)

Mark Keeley, Raul Delgado, and Wen and Ramon Flores (UC
Shafter)

Mauricio Ulloa (USDA-ARS, Co. Principal Investigator)

Many visiting science students (Uzbekistan)

Steve Wright (UCCE, Tulare)

TariLee Frigulti, Walter Martinez, Isaac Giron, Eddie Padilla, Sarah

Parry, Laura Martinez, and Jorge and Charlie Garcia

Bob Stipanovic (USDA-ARS)

Phil Roberts (UC Riverside)
Don
McMillan
Private,
cooperating growers,
Greg
Palla of Cooperative Extension
the jewels

Breeding Resistance in CA for the US

2 field sites
5 greenhouse bays
4 years of new
and advanced entries

Fov4 Resistance Breeding Cycle

Constant
Data
Management

2015 Selection Objectives

251 unique varieties for different purposes

CA
introduction;
37; 15%

New F1s; 140;

56%; (Created
from varied
sources in 2015)

Recurrent
selections; 52;
20%

Collaborator; 22;
9%

Vascular Selection Criteria

Perform better than Phytogen 802
Show agronomic promise
Vascular Stain Rating

Symptoms

No symptom

Light streaks

Continuous, light

+ Cortical staining

Root blackening, water

soaking
Root death

Foliar Selection Criteria

Perform better than Phytogen 802
Show agronomic promise
Foliar Stain Rating

Symptoms

No symptom

Chlorosis, wilting

Necrotic lesion, 1 leaf

Necrotic lesions, 2+ leaves

Dieback, defoliation

Whole aerial death

FM 2334 GLT

Phy 802 RF

30

Commercial ctrl

Proportion of entries

25
20
15
10

Better

Worse

Phytogen 802 RF

24%

76%

Delta Pine 340

81%

9%

FM 2334 GLT

31%

69%

Phytogen 725 RF

65%

35%

Average Fov4 Vascular Stain Rating

4.8

4.6

4.4

4.2

3.8

3.6

3.4

3.2

2.8

2.6

2.4

2.2

1.8

1.6

1.4

1.2

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0
0

Frequency of Unique Entries

35

DP 340

Phy 725 RF

Making Field Level Judgments

Wheres the Promise?

Confidence in selection principles

Confidence in rejection of poor performing lines
Field results confirmed in the greenhouse
Re-selected under higher Fov4 pressure

What will come of it?

Release of new lines
Advanced release already

Release of new types from around the world

Fiber and yield testing of new lines

Thank you.
Questions?
Time for some videos
http://cottoninfo.ucdavis.
edu/Fusarium_Wilt/?

Tule River W. of Porterville